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When Genius Failed The Rise and Fall of Long-Term Capital Management

Roger Lowenstein

John Meriwether, a famously successful Wall Street trader, spent the 1980s as a partner at Salomon Brothers, establishing the best--and the brainiest--bond arbitrage group in the world. A mysterious and shy midwesterner, he knitted together a group of Ph.D.-certified arbitrageurs who rewarded him wi...

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The book "When Genius Fails" was mentioned as a source for information about Long-Term Capital Management's losses in 1997. It was stated that the book contained details about the firm's larger losses from selling volatility than from fixed income investments.

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If you go read When Genius Fails, they have the numbers in the back, which is quite interesting.

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The book "When Genius Fails" was mentioned as a source for information about Long-Term Capital Management's losses in 1997. It was stated that the book contained details about the firm's larger losses from selling volatility than from fixed income investments.

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If you go read When Genius Fails, they have the numbers in the back, which is quite interesting.

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